Although global financial stability in late 2010 and early 2011 has, in general, improved when compared to the 2008-2009 period of the sub-prime global financial crisis, vulnerabilities remain high. The recent World Economic Outlook of the IMF (WEO, September 2011) underlines the two speed...

This study gives a preliminary assessment of the macroeconomic impact of implementing Basel III in Malaysia. This is also an attempt to contribute to the increasing studies for emerging economies, especially focusing on SEACEN members. The Basel III standards seek to significantly increase the...

This study empirically examines the issue on whether countries that target inflation systematically experience higher exchange rate volatility. A major challenge that immediately confronts such analysis is that countries do not choose their monetary regimes in a random fashion. In this paper, an...

The global imbalances (current-account of BOP) refers to the large current account deficits of developed economies such as the United States and the large surpluses of developing economies such as China and oil rich economies of the Middle East and Russia. In other words, global imbalances are...

This paper highlights some of the vulnerabilities seen as overarching in the SEACEN economies. As the global economy recovers, the following scenarios are probable. Firstly, a possible upward shift of interest rates in developed economies could destabilize the emerging financial markets....

The US Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation – Office of theInspector General Report (2013) and the UK’s Turner Report (2009) provide insights on the multiple contributing factors to bank failures that resulted in the unprecedented global contraction. Both reports mentioned that bank...

The paper discusses the determination of SEACEN’s optimal membership size. The theoretical basis is derived mainly from Buchanan’s Economic Theory of Clubs. The operational framework used is an optimization model that maximizes member’s benefits and cost associated with SEACEN membership....

This paper examines the scope of central banking cooperation in Asia against the backdrop of global integration. We ask the question on how multilateral organisations can be made more effective in the effort to promote policy collaboration. In this region, there is currently no initiative or...

The chief objective of our paper is to highlight basic features of the IT policies adopted by Indonesia and Thailand, and to evaluate the commitment of the monetary authorities and the overall performances of the IT regime. The results demonstrate that the IT regime in these two economies has...

Whenever a financial crisis occurs, threatening a possible financial meltdown, central banks have to be at the forefront in combating, neutralizing the crisis and restoring financial stability and economic growth. In this regard, the present sub-prime crisis which originated from the US...